{"id":2664,"date":"2016-06-08T16:45:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leithcars.com\/blogs\/1421\/?p=2664"},"modified":"2016-06-08T16:45:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T16:45:00","slug":"check-jeremy-clarksons-jeep-xj-review-old-top-gear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/?p=2664","title":{"rendered":"Check Out Jeremy Clarkson\u2019s Jeep XJ Review On the Old Top Gear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jeremy Clarkson isn\u2019t the world\u2019s most likable automotive journalist. In 2006, he got in trouble with the BBC for calling a car \u201ca bit gay.\u201d In 2009, he upset the Romanian government when he referred to it as \u201cBorat country.\u201d <!--more-->And in 2015, he went all fisticuffs on BBC Top Gear producer Oisin Tymon. Clarkson\u2019s always been quick to speak his mind, and slow to consider the sensitivity of others \u2013 a quality that has probably helped him as much as it\u2019s hurt him.<\/p>\n<p>Despite all his public mishaps, Jeremy Clarkson remains one of the most trusted and experienced automotive journalists of our time. So when you see him reviewing this Jeep Cherokee XJ as a young(er) Top Gear presenter, his words shouldn\u2019t surprise you.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"OLD TOP GEAR, (1993), JEEP CHEROKEE \/ FORD EXPLORER, SLEEP AT THE WHEEL, B.T.C.C. CAR TEST, 1\/3\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V_S_B_eV9OE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Even then, it was clear that Jeep had created a real gem. At the time of the video, the 1993 Jeep Cherokee XJ was not all that popular, but in the years following it would shape the way consumers looked at SUVs. Some people even credit the XJ as a precursor to today\u2019s growing crossover segment.<\/p>\n<p>Something about the video really sparked a feeling of nostalgia. We\u2019re not sure whether it was seeing young Jeremy Clarkson in the early days of Top Gear, or a factory-new Cherokee XJ rolling through the Alaskan hillside, though. Perhaps it was the parallel between car and the reviewer. Both early in their career, full of spunk, and still kicking to this day.<\/p>\n<p>Or maybe <a href=\"#WEBSITEURL#\/searchnew.aspx?Make=Jeep\">we just really like Jeeps<\/a>. It\u2019s probably that.<\/p>\n<p>Do you like Jeeps? Of course, you do. That\u2019s why you should check out <a href=\"#BLOGPATH#\/tag\/jeep\/\">more Jeep stories on LeithCars.com!<\/a> And if you\u2019re more kinesthetic, come by one of our Jeep dealerships in Raleigh, Cary, Wendell, and Aberdeen, N.C. to check out a new or used Jeep for yourself! We get that you\u2019d rather be behind the wheel, and we\u2019re more than happy to put you there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeremy Clarkson isn\u2019t the world\u2019s most likable automotive journalist. In 2006, he got in trouble with the BBC for calling a car \u201ca bit gay.\u201d In 2009, he upset the Romanian government when he referred to it as \u201cBorat country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[241],"class_list":["post-2664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-jeep"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2664\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}